Reliance says it has nothing to do with farm laws

Facing the brunt of farmers’ ire over the perception of it being a beneficiary of new farm laws, Reliance Industries on Monday said it neither buys food grains directly from farmers nor is in the business of contract farming.

In a statement, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s firm said its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking “the urgent intervention of government authorities to bring a complete stop to the illegal acts of vandalism (of telecom towers) by miscreants.”

Reliance said it “has nothing whatsoever to do with the three farm laws currently debated in the country, and in no way benefits from them.”